Lumber-conveyer.



R. F. HUGUNIN, LUMBER CONVEYER.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 30, 3918.

Patented Aug, 20, 1918.

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nuMBER-ooNvEYER.

T0 all whomitmayconoern:

Be it known that I, RICHARD F. HUGUNIN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Spokane, in the county of Spokane and State of \Vashington, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Lumber- Conveyers, of which the follow ng is a speclfication.

The present invention relatesto improve- I ments in lumber conveyors, designed especially for use in the lumber yards, and

other places, where the lumber is to beltransferred from one point to another for plllng or storing. The primary object of the invention is the provision of means by which the boards, planks, or timbers, may .be piled in regular layers and p11es'r0rst 1a e, and by which the lumber may be conveniently stored in regular piles. The'invention contemplates certain novel. comb natlons and arrangements of conveyer rollers, and also a portable-apparatusinvolving an adjust altitude of the pile decreases, all as will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings one complete example of the physical embodiment of the invention is illustrated, constructed and arranged according to the best mode so far devised for the practical application of the principles of the invention.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the portable apparatus embodying the novel combinations of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the conveyer of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged, detail, sectional view showing one of the resilient journals or bearings for the conveyers or conveyer rollers of the apparatus.

Fig. 4: is an enlarged detail, partly sectional view showing the driving shaft of the conveyer rolls which is also the pivotal member for the adjustable conveyer frame of the implement.

In the preferred form of the invention as illustrated in the drawings the implement is shown as portable, embodying the wagon or vehicle body 1 of usual or standard construction, mounted on the wheels 2, 2, and

Specification of Letters Il?atent.' Patented Augjgo, 1918 7 Application fi1ed A pri130 ,1 918 .J s1' i a1no. 2si,5e8.. I I

fixed an upright frame 4, properly supported from the frame and braced by the ,oblique braces5, which extend to the sides of the body 1 and are firmly fixed thereto. The upright frame is preferably rectangular,

and within the frame is supported the coneyer frame v6, wh1ch ,1s alsoa rectangular shapedframe, withusual side bars and cross braces, wh ch 1s. pivoted and supported on at 3 the shafts or other draft means are in- ,dicated to which may be hitched a horse or horses to transport the apparatus fromplace V i to place as needed.

1 the 'wagoirbody by the shaft 7 extending transversely of the: wagon, atthe rear 01',"

adjustable conveyer, land at front end the conveyeror conveyer frame is supported througlrthe, instrumentality of: apair of hoisting cables 9,9, which are attached at 10, to the conveyrframe, andare capable, of being; wound upon the winding drum 11- journaled in the frame 4: and operable by means of the crankhandle 12 at the side of the supporting frame at. The cables are clearly indicated in dotted lines Fig. 1 as passing up from the drum, over the guide sheaves or pulleys 13, and then down to the conveyer frame, thus being in position so that the frame may be hoisted or lowered with equal facility when required.

The conveyer frame may be positioned either inclinedor horizontal, and in either position, the boards, planks, or other timber, are transferred longitudinally of the frame over the conveyer rollers'or rolls 14:, arranged, successively in spaced relation to each other and provided with spikes 15 protruding from their peripheries to engage the lumbe and move it forward to the free end of the frame 6.

Each roll has a similar shaft 16 extending longitudinally therethrough, and at each end of the roll, passing through the side bars of the frame 6,.is a stem 17 with a head 18 in which the shaft is journaled, a protractile spring 19 being seated in the socket 20 of the side bar of the frame to support the head and stem. Thus each roll has a resilient bearing at the ends of its shaft so that the roll is held up to operative position by the springs in order that irregularities in the lumber may be compensated for.

tail end thereof. This shaft is supported in "journal of bearing blocks 8 fixed on the... and quickly handled or manipulated as it is [.W g y to ;S P P Y' l al, 611d Of t e picked up from the ground or dump and;

Thus if the lumber or board be warped, or bent, Within reason, or Within.limitedlange,a the springs will project their rollers into contact with the board, the Weight ofmthe board being taken, mainly by the depressed rollers; but' at the :same time therrollers: which are projected by their springs to compensate for a curve or -irregularity inthe material, will also perform their functions and their-spikes w-ill engage theinaterial and assist in conveying or transferring" the material.

Each of the rollers is directlyrevolVe'd or=driven and to that end-*isprovided-with a pair of'sprocket'Wheels 21at one end of its shaft; and'thesesprocketwh'eels are-open" atively connected by sprocket-chains 22; a short sprocket-chain 23 connecting the rear r roller with a sprocket 24 on the'ShaftL 'T,and the seriesof sprockets and chains'are driven from the shaft-7 *with" amotor "so that thematerial *may be transferred fronr an in clined )ositioirn over 'the' 'uideidle roller D 25 :at-the top of theinclinedframe ;.6; The f material is placed ontl ie rollers at the lower; or pivotal end of the frame, and translated toward the upper or free end of'the frame,"

and then hauled, byan'operator, by 1-hand;} over-the end idle guide roller-'25;

The motor 26imay;be"an internal" co'mbustion engine of" standard "type; which re- Copies-0t this patent mw gbe" obtained-for five cents: eaelfibyladdressin g the Commissioner 0f Tatents;

volvesthe countershaft 27 by the application ofits power through the Wheel 28 and belt 29 between the shaft and engine, and a .red-uotion Wheel 30 on the countershaft transmits power through the belt 31 to the pulley-320a the shaft 7. The utility ofthe 1 implement Will be apparent, and in addition to'the desoribed meritorious features of the resiliently supported or journaled conveyer rolls by Which the material istranslated', itwill 'beevident that the implement may be adapted; With facility and convenience, to

the growingo'r decreasing altitude of the pilekof stock; byturning the handle 12 0f the bdrum" to- "lower or raisethefree end of the*conveyeriframe: The conveyer frame is 1 shown in Fig. l as raised to 1ts extreme positioi'iiand it will be understood that when not in"use-the pivoted frame Will be lowered to horizontal position.

Claim: i r

The combination in a lumber conveyer with the conve'yer'frame; of a series of convey'er rolls; eaclr'said roll having support ing stenrand-aqournal head on the stem,

and a protractile spring seated in a socket rol'l I Intestrmonywhereof I aflix my signature.

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